Noun
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
Historical term
Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
Historical termsee 蝦夷地
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NounEbisu; god of fishing and commerce
Nounpeoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) · provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city) · brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
Nounbarbarian
Nounland of the barbarians
Nounbarbarian; savage · foreigner
Nounbarbaric custom; barbarian custom
Nounbarbarians; aliens
Nounsavages; barbarians
Nounexpulsion of foreigners
Nouncrude warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; wild man
Nounwarrior from the eastern parts of Japan · eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
Nounkobus magnolia (Magnolia kobus)
Noundefeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi); conquering barbarians
NounFour Barbarians (non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China)
Nounwillow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
Nounsicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)
Noun(in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) · seventh lunar month
NounChina and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land
Nounburning (something) away; burning (something) down
NounEmishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)
NounJapanese soldierfish (Ostichthys japonicus)
Nounincendiary bomb; firebomb
NounYezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
NounChina aster (Callistephus chinensis); Chinese aster; annual aster
Nounprinciple of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)
NounHokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)
NounHokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)
NounYezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) · Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
NounHokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika
Nounupasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)
Nounparajika (rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life)
NounMiddendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Nounappearing rustic · ancient song played at the court · comical tanka
Nounyellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
NounLyristes japonicus (species of cicada)
NounJapanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis); Jesso hackberry
NounViola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)
Nounloyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
Nounrevere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
Nounsmiling face
Nounfete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
Nounthe barbarians beyond the borders of old China
Nounbarbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
Nounsargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)
Nounhazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
NounPteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)
NounJapanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)
Nounstar magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
NounHokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)